Nepal and beyond

“Earthquakes aren’t like pregnancies ... They don’t have due dates," writes former New York Times journalist Donatella Lorch, as she provides an eye witness account of the grace and hope still found amid the destruction of this weekend's Nepal Quake (23,000+). Those words were actually her husband's, in response to Lorch's speculation that "the Big One" had been long overdue, but now that it's finally happened, she writes, "This is why I love Nepal. People here help one another because they know the government often can’t." CNN reports nearly 3,900 confirmed deaths thus far, as the overwhelmed army, police and emergency rescuers struggle to reach earthquake victims and the impoverished nation faces an estimated reconstruction cost of $5 billion. But here's how the world also is coming to Nepal’s aid (22,000+), including how tech giants are helping track survivors (~2,000). In the meantime, Twitter is overrun with pictures and videos like this horrifying footage of the moment the avalanche hit Mt. Everest's base camp (75,000+), which features enough F-bombs to give Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price a run for his money, and understandably so. "WATCH: Climbers on Everest do not know what is about to hit them. Utterly terrifying/breathtaking video," tweetsABC's Hamish Macdonald.

"Tronc, 2016-2016" So reads a micro-obituary written by Nieman Lab's Joshua Benton in response to the weekend's biggest media story: The scoop from Politico's Ken Doctor that Gannett, the nation's second-largest newspaper company ...

"The Onion on the Great Fall of China: Shoddy Chinese-Made Stock Market Collapses," tweets journalist Louisa Lim, sharing a link that, while a parody, still manages to tie together the current Chinese market crisis, ...